Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Trans-Pacific Partnership - They're at it again

They're
at it again. Unelected bureaucrats, meeting behind closed doors, made
decisions that will cost tens of thousands of good jobs.

It’s called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We still don’t
know what’s in it, but we know who wrote it: corporate lobbyists and
representatives of countries that include repressive regimes with no
concern for labor or environmental standards.

We
should have learned our lesson by now. Bad trade agreements create a
race to the bottom which benefits only the multinationals. It lets them
export jobs, undermine environmental standards and restrict internet
freedom​.

Now
they want ​"​fast-track​" ​ rules on a secretly negotiated treaty. Fast
track means Congress skips the amendment process and skips to vote all
before they even know what is in the treaty.

The
corporate lobbyists don’t want the public to have the chance to see
what’s in this deal -- and they don’t want Congress to change what they
are trying to foist on America.

As
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, "they have to be secret because if the
American people knew what was going on, they would be opposed."